Savannah Sand Gnats @ Greenville Drive
September 5, 2015
Game Two
Teams
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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R
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H
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E
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Savannah
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1
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0
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2
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0
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1
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0
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0
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4
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7
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2
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Greenville
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1
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0
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0
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2
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0
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0
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2
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5
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7
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3
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W: Harris (4-4, 2.72
ERA); L: Palsha (0-1, 5.40 ERA)
The Highlights:
Pitchers
Gaby Almonte
(5.40 ERA) – 5 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 BB, 5 SO, HBP, 83 Pitches (50 Strikes), 4 GO: 4
FO
Luis Mateo (H, 4, 2.31 ERA) – 1 IP, H, 2 SO, 1 GO
Alex Palsha (BS, 1)(L, 0-1, 5.40 ERA) – 0.2 IP, H, 2 R (1
ER), 2 BB, 2 GO: 1 FO
Ben Taylor (3.40 ERA) – 2.2 IP, 4 H, 3 R (1
ER), 3 BB, 4 SO, 69 Pitches (42 Strikes), 2 GO: 2 FO
Mario Alcantara (3.51 ERA) – 3.1 IP, 3 H, R
(0 ER), BB, 4 SO, 5 GO, 2 IR – 0 S
Ryan Harris (W, 4-4, 2.72 ERA) – 1 IP, SO, 1
GO
Batters
Luis Guillorme – 2-2, 2 R, 2 BB, SB (18)
Eudor Garcia – 2-3, 2 R, BB
Joe Tuschak – 1-4, RBI (10)
Patrick Biondi – 1-4, RBI (29)
Vicente Lupo – 1-3, 2 SO
Yoan Moncada – 1-3, 2
R, BB, 2 SB (48), SO
Rafael Devers – 1-3, 2
RBI (70)
Andrew Benintendi –
2-3, R, BB, SB (3)
Javier Guerra – 2-4,
R, 2 RBI (67), SO
Alex McKeon – 1-3, RBI
(1), 2 SO
Recap
The
Greenville Drive kept their playoff hopes alive with a win in game two of their
double-header with Savannah Saturday night. Since Savannah clinched the
division title in both the first and second half, the division wild card spot
is chosen by overall record, and Greenville is in a tight race with Asheville
for that spot. If I had to choose, I would prefer Greenville make it for any
playoff games that might make MiLB.tv, but then I’d have to root for Savannah
to lose the next two games, and that’s no fun! Luis Guillorme continued his
great day at the plate for Savannah, increasing his hit count to 5 and on base
count to 7 for the day during game two. Gaby Almonte was promoted from Brooklyn
to make the start in game two, and it was a mixed outing. He showed some nice
stuff throughout the start, but control issues limited his outing, and led to
him allowing a run in the 1st without allowing a hit. The Sand Gnats
jumped ahead 4-3 in the 5th inning, and turned to their pen with a
one run lead for the final two frames. Luis Mateo looked sharp working the 6th
for Savannah but Alex Palsha couldn’t survive a weird 7th inning:
there were two errors, two walks (one intentional), a sac fly to the RF corner’s
warning track, and a misplayed grounder that led to a walkoff win for
Greenville – the weirdest part about that last play was that Palsha still chose
to throw to 1B for the second out before the winning run came home.
Check
out the full scoring details and highlights below. This series continues Sunday
night at 7:05 PM, with Casey Delgado (8-3, 2.91 ERA) scheduled to pitch
opposite Dedgar Jimenez (9-9, 4.30 ERA) with Greenville’s playoff hopes on the
line.
Luis
Guillorme got the Sand Gnats offense going with a one out single to CF in the 1st
inning. Eudor Garcia singled him to 2B two batters later, and then Tyler Moore
drew a walk to load the bases with two outs. Joe Tuschak would follow with an
RBI infield single, but unfortunately Savannah could only get one run out of
the threat.
Gaby
Almonte allowed a run in his first SAL inning without surrendering a hit: Yoan
Moncada was walked to start the frame, stole 2B, advanced to 3B on a fly out to
RF, and then scored on a groundout to 2B.
Luis
Guillorme walked and then came around to score on an E4 in the 3rd
inning. Eudor Garcia also walked in the frame, and he would come around to
score on an RBI infield single from Patrick Biondi.
Andrew
Benintendi led off the 4th by reaching on an infield single to 1B.
After he stole 2B, Javier Guerra singled him home to cut the Sand Gnats lead in
half. Alex McKeon tied the game two batters with an RBI single to CF.
Eudor
Garcia led off the 5th with a single to CF, advanced to 2B on a wild
pitch, to 3B on a groundout, and scored on Moncada’s second error of the game.
Moncada
made up for his two mistakes by starting the 7th with a single to
CF. After Moncada stole his second base of the game (he’s now 48-51 for the
season!) and went to 3B on a throwing error, Rafael Devers would bring him home
with a sac fly to tie the game. Since Chavis (walk) had advanced to 2B on the
sac fly, the Sand Gnats decided to intentionally walk Benintendi to increase
their double play chances. Unfortunately for Alex Palsha, he’d induce a pair of
groundballs, but both were botched by his infielders behind him. Luis Guillorme
made an error playing in the field for the first time since 8/26 (he had busted
a finger on his throwing hand), and then Tyler Moore let a weak grounder get
under his glove with the bases loaded, which allowed the winning run to score
(Palsha still picked up the ball and flipped to 1B to record the second out of
the inning).
Defensive Highlights
Luis
Guillorme’s first opportunity in the field in more than two weeks must’ve felt
good.
Pitcher Coverage
Gaby Almonte
Table 1 – Almonte pitch stats by inning
1st
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2nd
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3rd
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4th
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5th
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Total
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Total
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16
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18
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17
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19
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11
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83
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Strikes
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9
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10
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10
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11
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9
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50
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Swinging*
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0
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2
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1
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2
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2
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7
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*8.4% Swinging strike rate
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| K1 |
 |
| K2 |
 |
| K3 |
 |
| K4 |
 |
| K5 |
Luis Mateo
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| K1 |
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| K2 |
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